Famous Quotes & Sayings

Against La Salle, I expect a pressing type of game and a full-court running game. They're going to press us from minute one to the 40th minute and we just have to be ready to get into a fast-paced game with them.

Michael Bush

Against Kentucky, we did a lot of basic things. Now, we've learned so much, I think we're ready to open up the playbook a little bit. You only saw a small portion.

Against IU is not the time you want to have to break guys in at new positions.

Against Hanover we had a few injuries so he took the ball a little more often than we would have liked. I think he had 25 carries. But then, why not? If it was up to him, he'd have 50 carries a game.

Against good teams, you've got to play 32 minutes.

Against good teams, you need to have your offense running.

Against good teams, you have to limit your mistakes and at times we didn't do that.

Against good teams like that, two goals is a big lead. We didn't give up, but two goals is hard to overcome.

Rahul Dravid

Against good teams (like Pakistan), when you put yourself under pressure you discover lot of things like how you are growing as a team and I think we are heading in good direction.

Against Free State we did all the playing, but we did not play correctly. If we play correctly against Western Province, the win will take care of itself. We really do have an exciting side. We are very much looking forward to rectifying matters after last week's little hiccup.

Michael Johnson

Against Elgin (Friday) we didn't get any rebounds. So we put a big emphasis on boxing out and getting rebounds.

Against (eighth-ranked) Texas A&M (Feb. 25th), we were in the hunt and playing decent ball. But we lost it in the bottom of the seventh on a three-run homer. That was a heartbreaker.

Against East Central, we had to come from behind and it took a lot out of us. The last two games we shot the ball well early and got a lead. I'm not sure we had the energy to keep coming from behind.

Mike Scioscia

Against Detroit, I don't know if he was a little psyched up and he was maybe overthrowing a little bit. Tonight, he was much more in tune early in the game and his pitches were very, very crisp.

Against Dawson, we started out very slow and got ourselves in a hole early. They were a good team, but I think we made them look better than they were. We just didn't get off to a good start.

Against Davis, our level of play went up a notch. The guys got a lot of the jitters out in the morning and responded really, really well in such a short time since we played back-to back matches. I was happy for the freshmen to get their dual matches out of the way.

Raymond Domenech

Against Cyprus, it's simple: we have to score. I think three goals more than the Swiss if the Swiss win in Ireland.

Against Cleveland we hit a lot of balls hard on Sunday. Every time we did, it was right at them.

Against Christian, it looked like we hadn't practiced and we just threw on our pants and went out to play.

Ryan Gomes

Against Chicago, we laid back a little too much. At home, you can't do that.

Against Calaveras we played one of our best games of the year. Coming off the bench, Lindsey Carlson (our secret weapon) hit 13 points, leading the team.

Against BTW last year, we committed numerous turnovers and really we an immature football team.

Against Brown, we know what's on the line: the Ivy League title.

Against Briggs and Mifflin we served 93 percent and at Harvest Prep it was 91. Our serving game is there, so is the passing. But we have to get more hits. If we average 30 hits per game, we have a decent chance of winning. We're not.

Against Boston, our game plan was to try to keep possession a bit longer and pick the times when we want to go to goal. We weren't as successful as we needed to be.

Against Benton our defense was better. It's been something different every time. We've just been playing better lately. We got Hood back and our younger players are going out there with more confidence.

Against a well-coached team like them, to make a run like that you have no room for error. That's what championships are about -- defense.

Al Horford

Against a team like this, you're going to get 10 or 15 blocks the way we play, but we know we're not going to do that against an SEC team, so it's just something that happens, I guess.

Against a team like this, you can't have a three-minute letdown. You're going to pay for it one way or the other, at the foul line or easy baskets.

Mike Comrie

Against a team like the Sharks you can't make many mistakes. We played a really solid game and didn't make many mistakes.

Jacques Lemaire

Against a team like that, you just can't make any type of mistake. They find a way. It starts with the goalie. He makes the save... and they find a way to get the right goal at the right time.

Chris Chelios

Against a team like that, you have to get bounces. They had some opportunities in the end. We executed on our five-on-three ( Robert Lang 's winning goal was with a two-man-advantage) and they didn't. Specialty teams were a bit of a difference tonight.

Against a team like that, and against a triple option, just one mistake and it's now a tie game. That was a big stop for us.